Table 2.
Clinical details of study participants
| Characteristics | Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacterales colonization | Total Number (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes Number (%) |
No Number (%) |
Chi Sq P Value | ||
| Carbapenem or cephalosporin use | ||||
| Yes | 51 (17.6) | 239 (82.4) | 290 (99.7) | 1.000 |
| No | 0 (0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (0.3) | |
| Abdominal surgery | ||||
| Yes | 7 (14.3) | 42 (85.7) | 49 (16.8) | 0.611 |
| No | 44 (18.2) | 198 (81.8) | 242 (83.2) | |
| Urethral catheter | ||||
| Yes | 16 (31.4) | 88 (68.6) | 104 (35.7) | 0.472 |
| No | 35 (18.7) | 152 (81.3) | 187 (64.3) | |
| Stroke admissions | ||||
| Yes | 3 (15.4) | 15 (84.6) | 18 (6.2) | 0.874 |
| No | 48 (17.9) | 225 (82.1) | 273 (93.8) | |
| Recent hospital admission | ||||
| Yes | 7 (14.9) | 40 (85.1) | 47 (16.2) | 0.605 |
| No | 44 (18.0) | 200 (82.0) | 244 (83.8) | |
| Mechanical ventilation | ||||
| Yes | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 8 (2.7) | 0.816 |
| No | 50 (17.7) | 233 (82.3) | 283 (97.3) | |
| Hemodialysis | ||||
| Yes | 1 (1.7) | 13 (92.9) | 14 (4.8) | 0.378 |
| No | 50 (18.1) | 227 (81.9) | 277 (95.2) | |
| Days admitted before CRE test | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 10.78 (9.15) | 9.37 (9.62) | 9.64 (9.53) | |
| Treatment outcome | n = 46 | n = 200 | n = 246 | |
| Died | 2 (11.8) | 15 (88.2) | 17 (6.9) | 0.747 |
| Discharged alive | 44 (19.2) | 185 (80.8) | 229 (93.1) | |